I stumbled upon an ad for this anvil today, and as luck would have it my three year search has finally ended. Time to make some new forging hammers and hardy tools!!
20161205_191505[1] by velferd, on Flickr
20161205_191522[1] by velferd, on Flickr
It reads 1 CWT Brooks England. Total weight 112 lbs, the face is 4 inches wide, and 14 inches long, with a 9 inch horn and a two inch table. Its rings like crazy, and has good rebound as tested with a hammer. It actually rings faintly when slapped... The pritchell hole is 3/8 inch diameter and the hardy hole is a whopping is 1.25 inches square !!! (ya it looks HUGE, but its original)
That aside, do any of you know anything about these anvils? From what I can find Brooks was incorporated into Vaughan some time ago, and they continue to make cast steel (NOT CI) anvils today. They were usually painted blue. This one is/was red. As far as markings go, it reads 51 kilos on the opposite side but has no markings other than the ones transcribed above. From what the owner told me it used to be at the Hall beach airstrip in the North-West Territories. He acquired it at least 10 years ago from there, but that's all. As for an approximate date or manufacture apparently these anvils were made from about WWII, onward. Otherwise all I know is its going to be fun to play with!
20161205_191505[1] by velferd, on Flickr20161205_191522[1] by velferd, on FlickrIt reads 1 CWT Brooks England. Total weight 112 lbs, the face is 4 inches wide, and 14 inches long, with a 9 inch horn and a two inch table. Its rings like crazy, and has good rebound as tested with a hammer. It actually rings faintly when slapped... The pritchell hole is 3/8 inch diameter and the hardy hole is a whopping is 1.25 inches square !!! (ya it looks HUGE, but its original)
That aside, do any of you know anything about these anvils? From what I can find Brooks was incorporated into Vaughan some time ago, and they continue to make cast steel (NOT CI) anvils today. They were usually painted blue. This one is/was red. As far as markings go, it reads 51 kilos on the opposite side but has no markings other than the ones transcribed above. From what the owner told me it used to be at the Hall beach airstrip in the North-West Territories. He acquired it at least 10 years ago from there, but that's all. As for an approximate date or manufacture apparently these anvils were made from about WWII, onward. Otherwise all I know is its going to be fun to play with!